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Brief

Browse command-line cheatsheets.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its Flathub listing and in its GitHub repository: offline use.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Works completely offline.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Brief is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Brief is an app for browsing command-line cheatsheets. It lets you search through thousands of command-line tools across multiple platforms and languages, providing simplified help pages. Features: Works completely offline. Fuzzy search through the available commands. Filter platform specific commands (Linux, Windows, Android, etc.). View command help pages in multiple available languages. Change the command argument format between long (`ls --all`) or short (`ls -a`). Lets you update the cache within the app to download the latest data.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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